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  • dgdgd DRAFTING FOR THE
    Steelers
Draft Selections
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (PIT)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (PIT)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (PIT)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (PIT)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (PIT)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Draft Picks Received
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (CHI)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (CHI)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (CHI)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (PIT)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Justin Fields
QB
Draft Grade — Steelers
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB- TradesA+ FutureA+
Jackson should have been long gone. The Steelers pounced, and earned a A-.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Jha'Quan Jackson got past him. The Steelers do not have to explain a thing at pick 238. Add it all up and it grades out a clean A-.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. The Justin Fields pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

On the needs board they went 3 of 9, with interior defensive lineman the one that mattered most.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick Analysis
Pick42 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
Nothing to complain about; Jordan Morgan went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick84 Rnd3 DJ James
By-the-book stuff, DJ James at pick No. 84 squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick120 Rnd4 Mekhi Wingo
Fair-plus on Mekhi Wingo, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick197 Rnd6 Drake Nugent
They took Drake Nugent at par in pick 197, which is nothing to complain about. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jha'Quan Jackson
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 238th pick is the definition of value, full stop. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.